"At Home Abroad: Diasporas and Homelands Comparative Perspectives Workshop" will bring together scholars of Diaspora communities who will explore two main themes of common interest. The first will focus on the economic and political relationships between Diaspora communities and their homelands. The second theme will involve the ways — formal and informal — Diaspora communities educate their members about the homeland and thereby shape or reconstruct their identities.

Leading scholars presenting their research include:

Natan Aridan, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

Can Erbil, Brandeis University

Diarmaid Ferriter, University College, Dublin and Boston College

Anna Ferro, Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale, Italy

Min Hyoung Song, Boston College

Charles Kadushin, Brandeis University and CUNY

William Miles, Northeastern University and Brown University

Viet Thanh Nguyen, University of Southern California and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Liesl Riddle, George Washington University

Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University

Ted Sasson, Brandeis University and Middlebury College

Robert Savage, Boston College

Len Saxe, Brandeis University

Gabi Sheffer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Kachig Tololyan, Wesleyan University

Ilan Troen, Brandeis University

Berna Turam, Hampshire College

The workshop will also feature a lunchtime discussion with Nadav Tamir, Consul General of Israel to New England.